Building damaged as a result of shelling of Gorlovka (archive)

MOSCOW, February 13. /TASS/. Three children have died as a result of shelling in Ukraine’s Gorlovka, the press service of the emergencies ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said on Friday.

"An explosive object hit a one-story residential house. As a result, the walls and ceiling in the bathroom collapsed," the press service said. "Rescuers found three children’s bodies there — a boy born in 2013, and two girls — born in 2001 and 2008."

Over the last night, around 30 people in DPR have been injured in shelling.

Earlier, a cluster munition from the Uragan multiple rocket launcher system was found and neutralized by explosives experts in the city of Makeevka. Using cluster bombs is prohibited by international conventions on the conduct of war.